Intracranial plaque and arterial wall imaging by high-resolution MRI. An intracranial atherosclerosis lesion located at proximal basilar artery with severe luminal stenosis was identified on time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (arrow, A). High-resolution MRI revealed an eccentric atherosclerotic plaque along the anterolateral and posterolateral walls of basilar artery (arrowhead, B through D).
From: Leng X, Wong KS, Liebeskind DS. Evaluating intracranial atherosclerosis rather than intracranial stenosis. Stroke 2014; 45:645. DOI:
10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002491. Copyright © 2014 American Heart Association. Reproduced with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health. Unauthorized reproduction of this material is prohibited.
